Refractory bleeding following major surgery of a giant sacrococcygeal teratoma in a premature infant: successful use of recombinant factor VIIa

Eur J Pediatr. 2004 Feb;163(2):118-9. doi: 10.1007/s00431-003-1369-6. Epub 2004 Jan 10.

Authors

Monika Girisch¹, Ralf Rauch, Roman Carbon, Thomas Habash, Michael Hofbeck

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Children's Hospital Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 14716558
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-003-1369-6

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Factor VII / therapeutic use*
Factor VIIa
Female
Hemostasis
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature*
Postoperative Hemorrhage / drug therapy*
Prenatal Diagnosis
Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use*
Sacrococcygeal Region
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery*
Teratoma / diagnostic imaging
Teratoma / surgery*
Ultrasonography

Substances

Recombinant Proteins
Factor VII
recombinant FVIIa
Factor VIIa